Daming 1805

Chapter 365 Could it be that Your Highness wants to clear the emperor?
On the morning when the fleet arrived in Le Havre, Charles got up and washed up and went to have breakfast first.

Then go back to your room again and take a shower in your own bathroom.

Thinking about seeing his parents again soon, Charles was a little agitated.

Imagining the various situations I might encounter after going out, I felt a little uneasy again.

I have to face a large number of French nobles and officials, and there should be a grand banquet in the future.

Then there is the activity of visiting the fleet and returning to Paris after the activity.

When I return to Paris, I want to take part in the operation to capture the restless nobles and businessmen headed by the Duke of Orleans.

The task on my body is very important...

Charles rubbed his cheeks, trying to cheer himself up as much as possible.

Clean the body step by step, dry the body and apply antiperspirant, dry the hair and then go to get dressed.

When he came to the big wardrobe in the room, Charles hesitated for a while.

Xia Er subconsciously wants to wear the clothes he has adapted to in Xintianfu and Canada.

But what I have to face today is no longer a stranger, nor a close friend who understands and supports my preferences.

Including close but sensitive family members, unfamiliar but very important officials and nobles.

However, just as the hesitation and entanglement began to brew, the words of his best friend appeared in Charles' mind:
"The first impression shown to strangers can be done in one simple and direct step.

"But changing the perceptions of familiar people is best done with a gradual approach."

So Charles quickly made up his mind and chose a relatively compromised match.

Well, a compromise between lolita and uniform...

After packing up, Charles left the room and asked the guards around him to gather his guards and go to the deck together.

Talleyrand was already on deck, and came over to say hello as soon as he saw Charles.

Talleyrand was slightly relieved seeing the image of Charles, but his expression was complicated when he saw the hundreds of guards around Charles.

Talleyrand didn't quite understand why Charles wanted to recruit a group of guards in Canada.

Still so inseparable and directly brought back to France.

Does Charles need to worry about his own safety in France?
Talleyrand could not imagine what Charles was going to do.

The passenger ship was stable on the pier, and after lowering the special gangway, Charles, the crown prince, disembarked first

When Charles appeared on the gangway, cheers erupted all around.

Due to the cooperation with Dashi Clothing Company, Shire is very popular among the French aristocrats.

Especially among the younger generation, Shire, who can be called the forefront representative of Paris and even Western fashion, is particularly popular.

Shire's outfit today also caught their attention again.

Shire was wearing a dark red jacket between a short windbreaker and a dress, with a normal white shirt and tie inside.

The hem of the windbreaker or the skirt of the dress is just right to the knee, and there is a softer and smaller pannier inside.

Pure white pantyhose without embroidery patterns, thick-soled pumps with thick heels without complicated decorations.

Pure white silk gloves, a decorative top hat, and the walking stick that Zhu Jingyuan gave.

The male nobles and officials at the scene basically wore simple new Ming-style formal attire.

The noblewomen and wives mostly wear complicated traditional Thai and Western women's clothing.

Shire is now a completely new style that is distinctly different from both.

Many people have already begun to think whether this will be the next popular style.

Charles waved to the bottom with a smile on his face, walked down the gangway unhurriedly, and first went to meet his parents.

Louis XVI and his wife were very happy, hugging their only child vigorously.

After hugging and greeting, Queen Marie Antoinette took her son's hand and looked him up and down:

"It seems that the weather in Xintianfu is very good, and you haven't been out for activities less, and you seem to be a little tanned.

"Well, the identity clothes are also very distinctive. Is this the new design of His Royal Highness Prince Dashi?"

When Charles heard his mother ask about clothes, he immediately introduced it quite proudly:

"It is indeed my best friend's latest design, a completely different design from the past, a brand new series.

"This is just one of the sets on me. I brought back a whole box of clothes, and I will show you slowly when I turn back."

Queen Mary nodded with a smile and said:
"It seems that Prince Dashi has a really good relationship with you, and you are also the embodiment of Taixi fashion because of him just now.

"It's a pity that His Royal Highness doesn't have women's clothing in his design. Mom can only envy you..."

Charles immediately shook his head and said:
"I used to think the same thing as my mother, but now I know we were all wrong.

"After I met my best friend again this time and discussed with him, I realized that things were not what we thought at all.

"A piece of clothing itself has no gender attributes, and the classification of men's and women's clothing is artificially imposed.

"The same is true of my best friend's clothes, which can be worn by men and women."

Queen Mary and Louis XVI, as well as the surrounding nobles, were a little astonished when they heard this subversive logic.

Louis XVI and his wife didn't want to refute their son immediately, but planned to have a good talk with him after going back.

But the Duke of Orleans retorted quite bluntly at this time:
"Your Highness Shire, of course clothes are divided into men and women, just like trousers are men's clothes and dresses are women's clothes."

Charles attaches great importance to the Duke of Orleans in his heart, and has already regarded him as an enemy that must be dealt with.

But Shire remembered his best friend's advice, to have a city in front of outsiders, especially enemies.

You can't let the other party see what you think in your heart, and you can't let the other party know that you are going to deal with him.

If it is really difficult to control the expression of emotions, you can deliberately find things that don't matter.

Let the other party think that they have conflicts with the other party because of these insignificant little problems.

And then ignore the real actual planning that may exist.

So Charles made a serious face on purpose, pointed at the leg of the Duke of Orleans:
"In Daming, no matter adults, men, women or children, they usually wear trousers.

"It's just that the nobles would wear their trousers inside their skirts, and the commoners in short jackets would have their trousers leaking out.

"At the same time, the robes of the Ming emperor, nobles and officials can be regarded as dresses in the eyes of us Taixi people.

"Don't you think that the emperor of Ming Dynasty and the nobles all wear women's clothes?"

Charles refuted and questioned the Duke of Orleans face to face.

The Duke of Orleans was stunned, and then instinctively retorted:
"How can the robes of the nobles and officials of the Ming Dynasty be regarded as dresses? His Highness Shire really knows how to joke.

"Their clothes are all opened from the side, and they should actually be windbreakers."

Charles put on a gesture of arguing with the opponent to the end:
"Not to mention whether a windbreaker is a dress or not, even a windbreaker itself is not men's clothing!
"Many women's skirts in the Ming Dynasty open directly to the side, so aren't they also windbreakers?
"In Daming, trench coats and dresses are essentially the same thing, and they have nothing to do with men and women.

"So, dresses are not women's clothing, pants are not men's clothing, and the styles of clothes are not gender-neutral.

"The Thai and Western people forcibly divide them, which just reflects your ignorance and old-fashionedness."

The Duke of Orleans, a traditional aristocrat, didn't have much research on this kind of thing, so he was directly stunned speechless.

But he didn't like Charles and Louis XVI or even the royal family.

Relying on the royal blood relationship and title to do whatever he wants, he is also a character of relying on the old to sell the old.

In addition, the relationship between the Taixi nobles and the royal family is very different from the relationship between the nobles of the Ming Dynasty and the royal family.

At this time, the Duke of Orleans said shamelessly:

"No matter what your Highness says, I don't think of dresses as men's clothes, nor pants as women's clothes."

Charles immediately followed closely and said:

"There is an old saying in the Ming Dynasty, 'If you know your mistakes, you can correct them, and there is nothing better than goodness'.

"You who know your mistakes and don't correct them should be the so-called 'stubborn'.

"This kind of stubborn person is really not worthy of being a French nobleman."

Having said that, Charles turned to his father, Louis XVI:

"Father, the Duke of Orleans is such a stubborn person, it is a disgrace to our French nobles and royal family.

"I propose to abolish the title of Duke of Orleans and exile to New Brunswick, Canada."

The Duke of Orleans was stunned when he heard this, and immediately looked at Louis XVI here:
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty and I are only arguing about clothes, and this doesn't violate any laws at all!"

Louis XVI was also very helpless, feeling that Charles was just making trouble for no reason:
"Charles, well, don't argue about this issue..."

Charles also accepted it as soon as he saw it, and it was just right to have such a verbal dispute.

If it is for this matter, if you just chase after him, it may arouse the vigilance of the other party.

Charles continued to greet the other nobles.

Then greet the main officials of the French cabinet headed by the Duke of Richelieu.

Then the crowd surrounded Louis XVI, his wife and Charles, and returned to the city to hold a banquet.

At the banquet, Charles took the initiative to find the Duke of Orleans again, seemingly trying to persuade the Duke of Orleans.

Let him accept and admit that pants are not menswear and dresses are not womenswear.

The Duke of Orleans was quite speechless about this, and he never expected that Charles would be entangled in this issue.

The old man was very stubborn when he was old, and he felt that anyway, Charles couldn't do anything to him, a close nobleman of the royal family.

So I kept my neck stuck and didn't bow my head, and insisted that pants are men's clothing and dresses are women's clothing.

A similar situation repeated itself, and this incident also began to spread in the noble circle to a small extent.

After the banquet, Charles stayed in the city with his parents.

The next morning, French nobles and officials followed Louis XVI, his wife and Charles again to visit Ming's warships.

Yesterday morning, most people just watched from a distance, and could only roughly see the outline of the battleship.

After boarding the ship today, the nobles and officials headed by Louis XVI were able to observe the details directly and closely, and then personally experienced the hugeness and uniqueness of the ship.

From the triple-mounted main gun, to the turreted secondary gun, and a large number of small and medium-caliber artillery, they are all brand new designs.

Louis XVI and many nobles once again had the idea of ​​building one of their own.

But they all began to feel guilty about this idea, and began to worry about whether their country could be built.

At noon, a small banquet was held on the battleship.

Charles once again took the time to find the Duke of Orleans, and continued to try to make him accept the knowledge of men's and women's clothing.

Although the Duke of Orleans was annoying, he still kept his mouth shut and refused to bow his head.

The spread of this incident expanded again, and more and more nobles knew that Prince Charles and the Duke of Orleans had some conflicts in their understanding of "fashion".

The nobles usually have a lot of free time, and all kinds of gossip and secrets are their favorite.

The logic claimed by Charles, along with the spread of these gossips, quickly spread in the circle of French aristocrats.

Many nobles think the logic is very reasonable, but many people think it is too strange, and think that the Duke of Orleans is right.

Due to differences in cognition and acceptance, French nobles have different views on this matter.

The French nobles and officials headed by Louis XVI and his wife stayed in Le Havre for seven days.

Among them, three days were spent visiting warships from Ming Dynasty, and the rest of the time was held for banquets and entertainment.

Prince Charles would go to the Duke of Orleans at every banquet, trying to persuade the Duke of Orleans, but there was no result.

The dispute between the Prince of Charles and the Duke of Orleans, and the content of the dispute, became a hot topic in the circle of nobles.

Then there are little aristocratic men with flamboyant personalities who put on women's skirts and come out to amaze the public.

Finally, at a dinner seven days later, Louis XVI and his wife announced that they would lead the nobles back to Paris tomorrow.

The Duke of Orleans heaved a long sigh of relief, feeling that he could finally be relieved.

When I return to Paris, I have to plan carefully, how to teach this annoying crown prince a little lesson.

After the banquet, the Duke and Duchess of Orleans left the manor in the city and prepared to drive back to their residence to rest.

As a result, as soon as Hong Kong went out, he was surrounded by dozens of soldiers.

Dozens of dark muzzles were aimed at the Duke of Orleans, father and son, and several of their servants.

The Duke of Orleans was taken aback, and immediately instinctively revealed his identity:

"I am the Duke of Orleans in France, which army are you in? What are you doing?"

Hearing the Duke of Orleans' self-identification, a small officer took out a piece of paper and announced loudly to the Duke of Orleans and his son:
"His Royal Highness Louis Charles, Dauphin of France orders:
"Louis-Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, and his sons connived at the rebels' activities in their palaces in order to subvert the rule of His Majesty King Louis XVI.

"Collused with British speculators many times, betrayed French national interests, evaded taxes for a long time, provided convenience for smuggling merchants, and obtained illegitimate benefits.

"All the evidence is convincing, and now they are arrested on the spot and sent to the Supreme Court for trial.

"His Royal Highness Shire proposes to abolish the title, confiscate all assets, and exile to New Brunswick, Canada."

After the reading here was completed, more than a dozen soldiers immediately swarmed up and controlled the Duke of Orleans, his son and the servants.

The Duke of Orleans was stunned, struggling and howling loudly:
"Charles is crazy! I just don't agree with you, and you hijacked me!
"You are against the rules! I want to see His Majesty..."

A soldier took a cloth ball and stuffed it into the mouths of the Duke of Orleans and his son.

They tied their hands and feet and threw them into a large car.

At the same time, nearly a hundred other nobles and wealthy businessmen were also surrounded and arrested one after another.

Charles basically arrested people publicly. When they were arrested, the banquet had just ended, and most of the people hadn't arrived home yet.

So the news of Charles' arrest spread quickly.

Talleyrand was stunned immediately after receiving the news:
"Could it be that His Highness Shire...is this for the Qing Dynasty! No wonder you have to recruit guards from Canada!"

Talleyrand subconsciously wanted to run to find Louis XVI, but he controlled his impulse before he went out.

"If His Royal Highness Shire succeeds, will he immediately become the new king?

"I'm going to look for His Majesty at this time. Will His Highness Charles target me in the future?"

(End of this chapter)